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  • In this beautiful opening montage Jimmie Fails and Montgomery (Jonathan Majors) skate through the streets of San Francisco.
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  • Krátké a kreslené filmy

Komentáře • 238

  • @kenkat3688
    @kenkat3688 Před 4 lety +744

    I can’t believe this movie wasn’t nominated for at least best cinematography or original score

    • @jonathanb1406
      @jonathanb1406 Před 4 lety +30

      Seriously. This film is absolutely beautiful.

    • @MaximusEvansActor
      @MaximusEvansActor Před 4 lety +34

      Who gives a fuck. It’s a beautiful gem. Some people just wouldn’t get what it means. The true meaning of the feature. I think it’s brilliance shouldn’t be defined by if it got Nominated for Oscars or not. Fuck that.

    • @BelleOrchestre
      @BelleOrchestre Před 4 lety +3

      Super late response, but any idea what the song title is? Can't find it on the soundtrack.

    • @juzogreenwood
      @juzogreenwood Před 4 lety +16

      @@BelleOrchestre Musique à Grande Vitesse: 1st Region - Michael Nyman

    • @BelleOrchestre
      @BelleOrchestre Před 4 lety

      @@juzogreenwood Thank you so much!!

  • @peaceoutandgoodbye
    @peaceoutandgoodbye Před 4 lety +324

    It's really sad to see a gorgeous film like this not be recognized at all.

  • @ColdBloodedProd
    @ColdBloodedProd Před 4 lety +440

    The buildup of the music, the beautiful motion of each shot, the slow motion, and the voice over, all make for such a resounding opening scene. Reminds me why I love movies each time I watch it.

  • @fatimadiallo3201
    @fatimadiallo3201 Před 4 lety +96

    The opening scene itself deserved at least an Oscar nomination lol it’s beautiful

  • @TheDyingPlant
    @TheDyingPlant Před 4 lety +344

    The crazy man chasing them and shouting "Take me with you" is the director Joe Talbot.

    • @10billionsubswithnovidscha4
      @10billionsubswithnovidscha4 Před 4 lety +19

      KevinSlapsGrannys it hella San Francisco too lmao

    • @rishshortfilms
      @rishshortfilms Před 4 lety +3

      He looks like Johnny (Michael X. Sommers) from Sorry to Bother You.

    • @matalyclaon7785
      @matalyclaon7785 Před 4 lety +7

      @@rishshortfilms that's who i thought he was lol

    • @jorgemunizjr7955
      @jorgemunizjr7955 Před 4 lety +3

      I KNEW IT! lol

    • @ericyu5877
      @ericyu5877 Před 3 lety +13

      It's Bug from Sense8, isn't it? Joe Talbot shows up later on in the movie, I think Jimmy or Mont is giving him a flyer for Mont's play.

  • @FlavioMarceloSousa35
    @FlavioMarceloSousa35 Před rokem +16

    It will always be remembered as the movie that presented Jonathan Majors to the world, a truly magnificent performance.

  • @blakeandcamp
    @blakeandcamp Před 4 lety +200

    This scene gives me chills every single time I watch it. Absolutely perfect from the cinematography, to the speech, to the incredible score. It's amazing how well the song fits what's going on here. The cue when the city skyline pops up over the hill, the ominous sounds when they see the bystanders staring at them, the way it builds as Jimmie and Mont get close to the house. It's absolutely perfect. I can't get enough of it.

    • @kennethkimbroug8087
      @kennethkimbroug8087 Před 2 lety

      When they refer to skating they really mean something else right ???

  • @tijmenvennik6054
    @tijmenvennik6054 Před 4 lety +206

    Such a amazing opening scène

    • @SpotlightClips
      @SpotlightClips  Před 4 lety +8

      tijmen vennik Right?! One of the best I’ve ever seen.

  • @TheComedyStew
    @TheComedyStew Před rokem +31

    This is still the most breathtakingly shot film I’ve ever seen. I come back to it often. The opening sequence makes me feel the warmth, the fleeting moment of the early light, the city sights and sounds, it’s everything a film should present, it enlivens that city, I’m breathing in that salty Bay Area air. The soundtrack is amazing. Why it never won any Oscars is an absolute crime. Nothing has come close to the artistry of this film.

  • @hayleywatkins9455
    @hayleywatkins9455 Před 4 lety +141

    This is an incredible scene (and film) but a note on the music - the song used is Michael Nyman's "MGV" which was commissioned for the 1993 ballet "DGV" choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon. The piece was honoring the opening of a new high speed train line in France, hence the music's propulsive, energetic quality. It was performed as recently as February 2020 by the New York City Ballet. The film's score was composed by Emile Mosseri, which might be why no one can find this song on any soundtracks.

    • @svatahor
      @svatahor Před 3 lety +5

      That's what I was trying to find out! Thank you!

    • @guyyouseewhenyoudie
      @guyyouseewhenyoudie Před 3 lety +2

      Thank you!!!! I’ve finally found what I’m looking for thanks to you

    • @Benefitsben03
      @Benefitsben03 Před 2 lety +1

      Ive been trying to find this track for a while now, thank you

    • @i-was-born
      @i-was-born Před 2 lety +2

      This is the song: czcams.com/video/SkjNkJkQ-jc/video.html

    • @jamiemichaelwilliams
      @jamiemichaelwilliams Před rokem

      I didn't realise this at all (totally assumed it was Mosseri who is obviously a fantastic composer in his own right). Thank you so much for sharing this knowledge, especially the part about the purpose of its commission - you can certainly hear its intention when you know it was for a new high speed train line. Its a truly wonderful piece of music!

  • @juanpijimenez9850
    @juanpijimenez9850 Před 4 lety +72

    Man this movie. It makes you think of how many people are lost in life, chasing things they can never get because they never found a way even though they are capable of a lot. Mont and Jimmie became two of my favorite characters of all times

    • @scribejay
      @scribejay Před 3 lety

      This movie's too heartbreaking to ever think Jimmie was lost in life. Thinking that way is dipping into a reality this film doesn't at all deserve.

  • @DuncanUdaho67
    @DuncanUdaho67 Před 4 lety +40

    Genuinely haven’t seen any film like this before. My favorite film of the year hands down.

  • @evan64thompson
    @evan64thompson Před 4 lety +18

    If this movie don’t give you goosebumps you have no soul. It was an honor to watch this movie.

  • @MakedaPhillips
    @MakedaPhillips Před 4 lety +41

    I know awards don't make a movie and they certainly don't determine its value but damn I will never be okay with the fact this movie didn't get more awards. The acting, the cinematography, the writing, the score is just heartbreakingly beautiful.

    • @extofer
      @extofer Před 4 lety +4

      Makeda Phillips it’s a crime that this film wasn’t nominated for anything. One of the most amazing films this century.

    • @MakedaPhillips
      @MakedaPhillips Před 4 lety

      @@extofer agreed!

  • @jeremywinfrey3874
    @jeremywinfrey3874 Před 4 lety +118

    Best movie of 2019. I'd read good reviews for months before it finally showed up at the art house theater in my town. Sitting there in this completely empty old school theater when this opening scene came on and absolutely blew me away. The way it's cut together and that amazing, building music coupled with the voice over. I can watch this opening a hundred times. It is absolutely masterful cinema.

    • @daftbanna7202
      @daftbanna7202 Před 4 lety

      In a year of great films this deffo isn't the best movie of 2019

    • @stuartcampbell4626
      @stuartcampbell4626 Před 4 lety +3

      @@daftbanna7202 There were a lot of great films of 2019--so many that I struggle to make a top 10. But for me too, this was #1.

    • @christiancharles2689
      @christiancharles2689 Před 2 lety +2

      @@daftbanna7202 one of the best films of 2019. Maybe not the best but it's up there.

    • @christiancharles2689
      @christiancharles2689 Před 2 lety +1

      @@stuartcampbell4626 It was a great movie. I saw it in Cleveland at Cedar Lee theatre an independent movie theatre when it opened in 2019. I just watched it again on Showtime after 3 years. It's amazing.

    • @daftbanna7202
      @daftbanna7202 Před 2 lety +1

      @@christiancharles2689 yeah for sure

  • @jaimegarcia965
    @jaimegarcia965 Před 4 lety +26

    This was a great film, hadn’t cried during a movie in years and this movie did it to me twice. 10/10

  • @angelashaw7764
    @angelashaw7764 Před 4 lety +58

    this is an amazing scene... the cinematography a 10/10

  • @chadbaptiste4227
    @chadbaptiste4227 Před 4 lety +30

    This movie is poetry.

  • @lanm1818
    @lanm1818 Před 4 lety +25

    i just keep coming back. this scene makes me feel a certain strong emotion i can only describe as feeling moved and inspired. such a beautiful piece of filmmaking.

  • @extofer
    @extofer Před 4 lety +11

    Everything about this opening is perfect. It sets the tone for what I believe is one of the greatest films of this century.

  • @sunsetlonercinema
    @sunsetlonercinema Před 3 lety +7

    From the moment this film started, I knew I was going to watch something amazing. It did not let me down for one moment. This film is a masterpiece.

  • @lightningterry
    @lightningterry Před 4 lety +60

    Remember your truth... in the city of facades

  • @macmusicreview
    @macmusicreview Před 3 lety +5

    The best opening scene of any movie ever. Wow.

  • @jjutt87
    @jjutt87 Před 3 lety +3

    Men cry at the opening, knowing they've been heard, recognized, acknowledged, seen, and heard, on the silver screen for what may feel the first time in their lives.

  • @Golden_glow
    @Golden_glow Před rokem +3

    The intro alone is Oscar worthy!! Its so inspiring and the music is hella uplifting

  • @Ahhyouthought
    @Ahhyouthought Před 3 lety +10

    This opening scene always reminds me of how proud I am to be from the Bay Area. There really isn't any other place in the world like it.

  • @MankindFilm
    @MankindFilm Před 3 lety +7

    I go back to this opening sequence every time I need inspiration as a filmmaker.

  • @baldwinfilms
    @baldwinfilms Před 2 lety +3

    I'll never get over the mirroring of Jimmie and the architecture of the city - that moment stays with you

  • @voiceofreason1613
    @voiceofreason1613 Před 4 lety +37

    Love this movie and this opening was epic af

  • @elocrellim
    @elocrellim Před 3 lety +4

    This film made me feel new feelings. 10/10 Probably the strongest debut film I've seen.

  • @bonsaibrian
    @bonsaibrian Před rokem +4

    I still love watching this after 3 years. Amazing movie

  • @Maleick
    @Maleick Před 4 lety +30

    I loved this! I was literally mind blown in the theater watching this cinematography. I need to make some videos

    • @TARAJOSU
      @TARAJOSU Před 4 lety +4

      It definitely made me want to do the sameeeee bro!

  • @janeweitzz2967
    @janeweitzz2967 Před 4 lety +7

    Every time I watch I get chills... insanely beautiful

  • @juliaz_lee
    @juliaz_lee Před 4 lety +10

    I know everyone keeps saying it but THE CINEMATOGRAPHY IS LITERALLY INCREDIBLE and this movie did not get enough hype 😞

  • @wouldntuliketoknow9740
    @wouldntuliketoknow9740 Před rokem +1

    If it weren’t me stumbling into this channel I would have never known that this film existed.

  • @nein_face
    @nein_face Před rokem +3

    one of the best scenes in the history of filmmaking

  • @SKings218
    @SKings218 Před 5 měsíci +1

    I have a good instinct that Jimmy Rollins conceptualized this film. Brilliant work

  • @drewweiss4384
    @drewweiss4384 Před 4 lety +5

    This opening scene is beyond beautiful, Makes me cry every time I see it

  • @brilliantchicken4873
    @brilliantchicken4873 Před 4 lety +3

    To know ownership, to feel status, not defined by others but by yourself, and to have it taken away from you...
    It isn't a hunger pain for money but a hunger to return to a time when things were "better".
    When you felt "better".

  • @gerrymorales
    @gerrymorales Před rokem +2

    I remember watching the opening scene in Woody Allen's "Manhattan" and wishing someone would love San Francisco enough to make a movie about it and 20 years later I got my wish.

  • @davidle4936
    @davidle4936 Před 4 lety +4

    The music, the shots, the slow-mo, the characters, the story! They are everything that is breathtakingly beautiful in this movie!

  • @destructyo
    @destructyo Před 4 lety +5

    One of my favorite openings ever. I was sold immediately

  • @user-ps4gv7ge6t
    @user-ps4gv7ge6t Před 4 lety +31

    How can someone even dislike this? ... No, im serious man, how?

    • @paulstevens6043
      @paulstevens6043 Před 4 lety +1

      They're lesbians. Its so fucking crazy how people cannot tell. Would men ever act like that. Can you not look at the faces and their bodies and tell????
      It's also completely fake version of San Francisco. I have never seen the city accurately represented on film EVER. People try so hard and it never works.

    • @eloisauve3254
      @eloisauve3254 Před 4 lety

      ​@@paulstevens6043, I never visited San Francisco, what is so wrong with his representation in the movie?

    • @drose141
      @drose141 Před 3 lety +1

      @@paulstevens6043 wtf r u on about "they're lesbians"

    • @christiancharles2689
      @christiancharles2689 Před 2 lety

      @@paulstevens6043 this movie is great and that's fact. U are crazy and have no idea what you are talking about. The music, acting and cinematography are great. U have no idea what it takes to film or represent a city in a movie. Be quite asshole!

  • @RileyFreeman_
    @RileyFreeman_ Před 3 lety +9

    We built more than jus San Francisco, built the whole country 💯✊🏿

  • @tolmorris
    @tolmorris Před 3 lety +3

    Watching this movie at the cinema, the opening took my breath away.

  • @bonsaibrian
    @bonsaibrian Před 2 lety +1

    This movie was ridiculous. So good. I listen to this everyday it's so good

  • @graceditmar749
    @graceditmar749 Před 4 lety +13

    some of the crispest editing i've ever seen in a movie

  • @juanpena7436
    @juanpena7436 Před 2 lety +5

    wow ! As a man who was born and raised in NYC and then was stationed in SF in the mid 80s I can totally relate. We were two amazing American cities that changed in our lifetime and not for the better

  • @joshuapanicker3327
    @joshuapanicker3327 Před 3 lety +3

    God this movie is so good

  • @martinebonita2658
    @martinebonita2658 Před 2 lety +2

    I knew that the ending was being foreshadowed as soon as I saw Jimmie ahead with the skateboard and Mont running to catch up. Still caught me by surprise though.

  • @guyatoun3028
    @guyatoun3028 Před 4 lety +4

    Saw this film a few weeks ago. It was such a unique and wonderful experience. The opening is so powerful. I got goosebumps!

  • @everybodytalkstodemons5892

    I miss living in The City! There’s no place like San Francisco!

  • @honeychicken1216
    @honeychicken1216 Před 9 měsíci +1

    this opening is wonderful

  • @beanedtea
    @beanedtea Před 3 měsíci

    This is such a powerful scene right here. Beautifully shot, beautiful music, and beautiful speech.

  • @juanitaebbs
    @juanitaebbs Před 2 lety +1

    This sequence gets my heart rate up. It is a transcendental experience. After watching this for the first time, I knew, that this was one of my favourite movies.

  • @AyoHues
    @AyoHues Před 3 lety +2

    This is cinema - visual storytelling that’s compelling & complex - at it’s finest. You can hold this up to the greats of the past - Tarkovsky, Fellini, Bergman, Kubrick etc and say this is genuinely carrying on that same tradition. Wonder stuff.🙏🏽

  • @TheToeOfEarl
    @TheToeOfEarl Před 4 lety +20

    I keep watching this. It's truly grand in scope. The music inspired some amazing imagery and both combined sends chills. Almost a Samsara vibe to this. Everything that follows is almost a let down. Such an amazing start to a movie.

  • @Alleycat1921
    @Alleycat1921 Před 3 lety +6

    I moved from Detroit to San Francisco many years ago to work for a community and economic development based law firm on Market Street. The lawyers in the firm were charged with, among other things, addressing the gentrification and economic displacement in San Francisco that the film presents. Unfortunately, those issues remain and continue to dramatically alter the demographics of not only San Francisco, but Oakland and other surrounding Bay area communities.

    • @KittyKat-vb1nd
      @KittyKat-vb1nd Před 2 lety

      Facts. Notice how few comments bring up that topic.

  • @Fallonay
    @Fallonay Před 4 lety +2

    Truly a masterpiece of cinematography

  • @catherinecolwell8939
    @catherinecolwell8939 Před 4 lety +1

    THIS HERE gave me goosebumps the first time and it gives me goosebumps EVERY TIME. In-fucking-credible. This film is pure art

  • @peepspers
    @peepspers Před 3 lety +1

    Just watched this for the first time the other day, and then for a second time yesterday. Absolutely love the film, this sequence pulled me in immediately. And like with all great films, it has even more meaning upon second viewing, using masterful editing to juxtapose the two sides of San Francisco, and to compare Jimmy's body and clothes to the windows, curtains, and trim of the house... just brilliant storytelling. And the way the music picks up as they see reveal the skyline?? Come on. COME ON!!!

  • @apierre6
    @apierre6 Před 4 lety +2

    This is such an amazing film. Loved this opener

  • @Tj13ray
    @Tj13ray Před 3 lety +2

    This scene sparks something in me

  • @Cagirl_818
    @Cagirl_818 Před 2 lety +1

    Outstanding movie, can't stop watching it.

  • @carteryelland5424
    @carteryelland5424 Před 4 lety +1

    best first 5 minutes of any movie ever

  • @solar-monk
    @solar-monk Před 2 lety +1

    MAJESTIC.

  • @hey-zel
    @hey-zel Před 3 lety +1

    This makes me believe in cinema again

  • @avag1334
    @avag1334 Před 2 lety +1

    THIS SONGGGG

  • @idiotdoomspiral666
    @idiotdoomspiral666 Před 8 měsíci +1

    I know locals laugh at how the geography is way off when jimmy and mont make their way through town but as a person who was born outside the states, all i see are the streets of my own city.

  • @juliemorgan33
    @juliemorgan33 Před 2 lety

    one of the best openings in film - EVER!

  • @joaoroleta
    @joaoroleta Před 4 lety +2

    This is so .... godamn i feel it in my skin

  • @funmi7457
    @funmi7457 Před 8 měsíci

    Magnificent scene.

  • @alyssaserrano91
    @alyssaserrano91 Před 4 lety +1

    sooo sooo good!

  • @roxysproxsee4077
    @roxysproxsee4077 Před rokem +1

    How is it I am only now learning of this brilliance?! I'm 120 seconds in and I'm obsessed. What was it's release? Limited, I'd imagine, but, surely, it was received with accolades and mass praise...?? Please reassure me it was given proper attention and rewarded with some marked form of accreditation by way of critical, domestic and/or box office validation--if not all three!--else the tattered and faded remaining sliver of faith in the future and integrity of the human species is once again at risk of being destroyed indefinitely.

  • @honeychicken1216
    @honeychicken1216 Před 3 lety

    incredible scene

  • @AudraMichelle
    @AudraMichelle Před rokem

    Absolutely stunning wowww

  • @koushik8503
    @koushik8503 Před 3 lety

    This's how a cinema should start 💛

  • @rileyscott2209
    @rileyscott2209 Před 4 lety +9

    Cinematic af

  • @hassaanghani4119
    @hassaanghani4119 Před 4 lety

    Beautiful ❤

  • @pyt3204
    @pyt3204 Před 3 lety

    I loved this movie!

  • @bjbetti
    @bjbetti Před 2 lety

    Crazy to see them in places I grew up ❤️

  • @jaybusa7690
    @jaybusa7690 Před 3 lety

    This movie was amazing 👏 🙌 😍 😭 ❤

  • @libbyjones9542
    @libbyjones9542 Před 4 lety +2

    This sequence in an empty cinema? What a moment.

  • @sravankumar7324
    @sravankumar7324 Před 3 lety

    what lens did they use? especially in the beginning when they were riding down besides the bay?

  • @CynthiaCho84
    @CynthiaCho84 Před 3 lety +1

    this is a genius movie

  • @jogi847
    @jogi847 Před 3 lety

    THIS IS OUR HOME! OUR HOME

  • @catherinecolwell8939
    @catherinecolwell8939 Před 4 lety +1

    Kind of incredible how Jimmie Fails had never really acted professionally before this film

  • @amanda-vm7wv
    @amanda-vm7wv Před 3 lety +2

    as a teenager who is very much a product of the rise of silicon valley and and the gentrification of san francisco, this movie makes me so upset and uncomfortable and makes me hate myself just a little and for that i freaking love it with all of my heart

  • @ajford3973
    @ajford3973 Před 4 lety +21

    Legit I can’t find this specific song on the soundtrack. Does anyone know where I can find it?

    • @jonathanpinera8452
      @jonathanpinera8452 Před 4 lety +5

      It hasnt been uploaded to anything :((

    • @bhq3860
      @bhq3860 Před 4 lety +4

      I really wish they'd post the song somewhere. It's one of my favorite on the soundtrack.

    • @lh7180
      @lh7180 Před 4 lety +35

      this song is First Region (From MGV) by Michael Nyman from 1993. I think the rest of the score is by Emile Mosseri :)

    • @amrhibaa
      @amrhibaa Před 4 lety +5

      Musique à grande vitesse (complete : regions 1-5) - Michael Nyman, 1991

    • @DuncanUdaho67
      @DuncanUdaho67 Před 4 lety +1

      Lana Hughes THANK YOU

  • @williamhenn804
    @williamhenn804 Před 4 lety

    Thats the Preachers voice from the beginning of the Movie!! The actor/rapper Willie Hen!

  • @nathanaelreesink1705
    @nathanaelreesink1705 Před 3 lety

    Does anyone know where I can find this piece of music, or what it’s called? I get goosebumps every time

    • @miketops2560
      @miketops2560 Před 3 lety +1

      There you go:
      czcams.com/video/348AhnAkSco/video.html
      Hope you enjoy it!

  • @adamk907
    @adamk907 Před 4 lety

    Does anyone know the name of this piece of music? I can’t find it on the soundtrack on Spotify. And I just want to listen to it on repeat while I’m driving.

  • @JasonPuckettNY
    @JasonPuckettNY Před 4 lety

    what a movie

  • @DanielHebert-kk5sc
    @DanielHebert-kk5sc Před 21 dnem

    I miss frisco and the whole bay. There’s nothing left for me there though

  • @erikutter5596
    @erikutter5596 Před 3 lety +1

    This is my fucking home.

  • @Track_id
    @Track_id Před 8 měsíci +1

    ❤ pinnacle

  • @larryjones6118
    @larryjones6118 Před 8 měsíci +1

    ✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿

  • @catherinecolwell8939
    @catherinecolwell8939 Před 4 lety +1

    I really wish they would have added this sequence to the official soundtrack

    • @blakeandcamp
      @blakeandcamp Před 4 lety

      It's a piece by Michael Nyman, so that's why it wasn't on the OST. It's been around for a few decades.

  • @moviefan700
    @moviefan700 Před 4 lety +5

    And the American audience thinks Joker is a good movie. Cinema is going to die because people aren't watching actual great cinema. What an excelling film this was!

    • @juanaceves6363
      @juanaceves6363 Před 4 lety +3

      Joker was great but man this movie is a whole nother level, I cried and was awed at how emotional and raw the story felt.. cinematography is a whole other discussion too.. I’d call this a perfect movie

    • @FridayDusk
      @FridayDusk Před 4 lety +5

      I enjoyed both

    • @jasonr3862
      @jasonr3862 Před 4 lety

      Joker didn't win The Golden Lion for not being a great movie lol both are great

    • @TARAJOSU
      @TARAJOSU Před 4 lety +1

      The cinematographer on this film really achieved something special. Those primes and when they did use the zoom lens was perfection. The color grade was terrific, art direction, color palette amazing. Gotta love Arri cameras that help aid the DP's vision.

    • @christiancharles2689
      @christiancharles2689 Před 2 lety

      Both Joker and Last black man were great movies.

  • @LongTimeNoSeeO_O
    @LongTimeNoSeeO_O Před 4 lety +2

    Does anyone know the song ?

    • @anahglbrt5665
      @anahglbrt5665 Před 4 lety

      Maestro David Here’s a link for it open.spotify.com/track/1dFzF1MmwSl9HTh1j7W5HG?si=7JMCKr52RP-S3j9hrjxyVQ